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8 facts about me – Ganesh

1. Studied in the same school from 1st till 12th standard
2. The first program that I watched on TV was the 1975 test cricket match between India and WI at Chennai (then called Madras). If I remember right, this was a trial telecast before the official Doordarshan debut on August 15th that year. This was the match where  Viswanath scored 97 runs (and not out) on a wicket that was more suited to plant roses than play cricket.
3. And of course, my favorite cricket player – Gundappa Viswanath
4. I have actually faced the bowling of Abid Ali (played for India in the 70’s) during a Northern California league match.
5. Kane and Abel  by Jeffrey Archer – the only fiction I can remember reading twice (not counting Sherlock Holmes, tinkle, amar chitra katha etc. :).
6. Recently finished reading the “Gospel of Ramakrishna” – a book presented to me by my father,  over a period of one year.
7. My first trip to US (to study at Univ. of Wyoming), the shuttle dropped me at the University dorm around 2 AM early morning. A nice cop then gave me a ride on his patrol car to my friends place. My first car ride in US was on a cop car!! Talk about small town charm.
8. One of the semesters in Wyoming, I worked as a teaching assistant at the computer center and was also the janitor who cleaned the same computer center!!